AppleInsider Staff
In a report regarding AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson's recent statements pertaining to a rumored fee for over-the-air video chat capabilities, The Wall Street Journal reported that a Sprint spokeswoman confirmed her carrier would be keeping with its unlimited model and is expected to offer the service free of charge.
The issue of charging for data used by FaceTime first arose on Tuesday when a iOS 6 beta error message was discovered which gave instructions on how "to enable FaceTime over cellular on this account.". Stephenson admitted that he too heard the rumor but claimed no official decision had been made either way, saying it's 'too early' to talk about such fees. The AT&T chief went on to say his company was working with Apple to iron out kinks in the system.
Sprint claims it has no plans to place pricing or data restrictions on FaceTime.
"We are committed to our unlimited data and that means not charging for data consumption based on the application," the Sprint spokeswoman said.
Source: Apple
Verizon, the nation's largest wireless carrier, has yet to comment on the issue but the company announced in May it would be terminating unlimited data plans as the network transitioned to 4G LTE.
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Go Sprint!! Verizon and AT&T will look stupid now if they charge for it.
Data is data. It shouldn't matter what you use it on, especially if it's limited with data caps.
Pretty sure Skype over 3G is free so this isn't really anything but PR to look good after ATT's embarrassments
Strange, a carrier that seems like they want your business rather than acting as if it's a burden to have you as a customer.
^--- Exactly. It is quite refreshing. I regret staying with AT&T with my 4s